Safety-razor attachment



I w. P. SPRIGG SAFETY RAZOR ATTACHMENT Filed May 22 1922 2 Sheets-SheetOct. 28, 1924. 1,513,648

W. P. SPRIGG SAFETY RAZOR ATTACHMENT Filed May 22 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet 2ATTORNEY Patented Get. 2%, 1924.

WALTER P. SPRIGG, 0F BOSTON, MASSACIIUSETTS.

. SAFETY-RAZOR ATTACHMENT.

Application filed May 22, 1922. 1 Serial No. 562,756.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WALT-ER P. Srnrco, a citizen of the United States,residing at Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts,have invented new and useful Improvements in Safety-Razor Attachments,of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an attachment for safety razors, the principalobject of theinvention being to provide acup for catching and retainingthe lather and preventing it from running down the handle.

Another object of the invention is to make the device collapsible sothat it will occupy but the minimum amount of space when not in use.

This invention also consists in certain other features of constructionand in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, to behereinafter, fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawingsand specifically pointed out in the appended claims.

In describing my invention in detail, reference will be had to theaccompanying drawings wherein like characters denote like orcorresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which Figures1, 2 and 3 are views showing the.

invention as used with one kind of razor.

Figures 4 and 5 are views showing the at tachment collapsible.

Figures 6 and7 show a modified form of the invention, Figure 7 being asectional view showing the device attached to a razor. Figure 8 is aview of another modification. Figure!) is a sectional view of a furthermodification. V t

Figure 10 is a view of another form of the invention;

In these views. 1 indicates the attachment which is made in the form ofa cup which. has an opening 2 in its bottom through which the handle ofthe razor, shown at A, passes. The end pieces of the cup are extended,as shown at 3, to engage the blade 4' of the razor and spring strips 5are connected with said end ieces and said strips have hooks 6 thereonor engaging the ends of the blade. Thus the cup will be secured to therazor, with one side, which is slightly bent, slightly spaced from theblade so as to permit the lather,,scraped from the face by the blade, toenter the cup and be retained therein.

hen the cup is to be detached from the razor it is simply necessary tospread the strips 5 apart so as to release them from the blade and thenthe device can be removed from the razor. v

In order to permit the device to be folded up to occupy the minimumamount of space I may hinge the sides to the bottom and the ends to oneside, as shown at 7 in Figures 4 and 5, and the remaining side andbottom may be connected with the ends by the clips 8. In this way thecup can be folded when not in use and it can be easily and quickly setup when it is'desired to be used.

Figures 6 and .7 show the invention formed to fit another type of razor.In this case a bar 9 passes across the top of the cup, having its endsconnected with the ends of the cup, and this bar is provided with threeholes 10, the central one receiving the handle and the other two thelugs 11 of the razor. The handle screws down upon the bar and thusclamps the device to the razor blade. I

Figure 8 shows the device formed with a bar 12 extending transverselyacross the cup to engage the handle of another type of razor.

The form shown in Figure 9 has an inwardly extending piece 13 rovidedwith a hole for receiving the han e ofthe razor. The form shown inFigure 10 has its open end of inclined shape to fit another type ofrazor. This form carrying the spring strips 14 for engaging the razor sothat thls form is somewhat similar. to the first form.

By the use of this invention the lather is caught and held by the cupand there is no danger of it running over the hands or clothing of theperson using the razor.

It is thought from the foregoing description that the advantages andnovel features of my invention will be readily apparent.

I desire it to be understood that I may make changes in the constructionand in the combination and arrangement of the several parts,provided'that such changes fall within tachably connecting thereceptacle with the razor, such means consisting of spring clips at theupper edges of the ends, said spring clips having hooked ends forengaging the ends of the razor blade.

2. A razor attachment comprising a receptacle having sides, ends and abottom, means for detachably connecting the receptacle With the razor,said receptacle formed with its sides and bottom hingedly connectedtogether and clips holding the attachment in set-up condition, and otherclips carried by said sides and constituting the attaching means named.

3. A. razor attachment comprising a receptacle, spring clips carried bysaid receptacle for detachably connecting it with the razor in aposition with its mouth adjacent the razor blade and disposedthereunder, the edge of the mouth at the cutting edge of the bladeflaring outwardly to receive the lather as the same is scraped from theface by the blade.

In testimony whereof I afix my signature.

WALTER P. SPlEtliGG.

